Current Events > Who is more annoying: internet conservatives or internet liberals?

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Hoodroar 07/26/22 6:18:45 PM #1:	Extremely online. Internet conservatives. Internet liberals. Even. Extremely online. - Results (170 votes) Internet conservatives. 57.65% (98 votes) 98 Internet liberals. 28.82% (49 votes) 49 Even. 13.53% (23 votes) 23 In real life it's obvious who's worse but online everyone goes out of their way to be annoying as piss. >_> --- sigless user logic <cite>Hoodroar posted [p:966856323] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote> Extremely online. Internet conservatives. Internet liberals. Even. Vote View Results Extremely online. - Results (170 votes) Internet conservatives. 57.65% (98 votes) 98 Internet liberals. 28.82% (49 votes) 49 Even. 13.53% (23 votes) 23 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '400', topic: '80107767', message: '0', key: '05d2f7e5' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } In real life it's obvious who's worse but online everyone goes out of their way to be annoying as piss. >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJPurple 07/26/22 6:49:42 PM #2:	Repubs/Conservatives are more annoying in general regardless of where we are talking But online the super sensitive liberals give em a run for their money for sure --- I will aid & abet abortion. <cite>SSJPurple posted [p:966857048] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Repubs/Conservatives are more annoying in general regardless of where we are talking But online the super sensitive liberals give em a run for their money for sure </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 07/26/22 6:50:52 PM #3:	No idea anymore. Whoever is currently in front of my face. --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:966857080] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>No idea anymore. Whoever is currently in front of my face. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smackems 07/26/22 6:53:15 PM #4:	Liberals by far --- Common sense said you can common my sense, ifyaknowwhatimeanwinkwink -smackems- some dudette named JimCarrysToe <cite>Smackems posted [p:966857134] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Liberals by far </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AloneIBreak 07/26/22 7:00:31 PM #5:	On the internet? The liberals, "leftists," progressives, etc. are more annoying even though their ideas are significantly better than the conservatives in virtually all cases. Both sides have terrible memes, but feel otherwise. --- As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance. Libertarian socialist. <cite>AloneIBreak posted [p:966857331] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>On the internet? The liberals, "leftists," progressives, etc. are more annoying even though their ideas are significantly better than the conservatives in virtually all cases. Both sides have terrible memes, but feel otherwise. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 07/26/22 7:01:26 PM #6:	Internet conservatives at least until their inevitable ban --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:966857355] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Internet conservatives at least until their inevitable ban </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smackems 07/26/22 7:01:33 PM #7:	AloneIBreak posted... On the internet? The liberals, "leftists," progressives, etc. are more annoying even though their ideas are significantly better than the conservatives in virtually all cases. Both sides have terrible memes, but feel otherwise. Yeah I agree with this --- Common sense said you can common my sense, ifyaknowwhatimeanwinkwink -smackems- some dudette named JimCarrysToe <cite>Smackems posted [p:966857358] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>AloneIBreak posted... </cite> <quote>On the internet? The liberals, "leftists," progressives, etc. are more annoying even though their ideas are significantly better than the conservatives in virtually all cases. Both sides have terrible memes, but feel otherwise.</quote>Yeah I agree with this </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ving_Rhames 07/26/22 7:04:18 PM #9:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] This lol --- the real Irving Rameses http://i.imgur.com/A7f6F9h.jpg <cite>Ving_Rhames posted [p:966857425] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> This lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 07/26/22 7:04:29 PM #10:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] What's the difference between an online centrist and not online one iyo? --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:966857428] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> What's the difference between an online centrist and not online one iyo? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PrettyBoyFloyd 07/26/22 7:11:11 PM #11:	Crazy Conservatives - self absorbed Crazy Liberals - self righteous --- The Evil Republicans - Est.2004 - WoT [Government Destabilizing Branch] <cite>PrettyBoyFloyd posted [p:966857591] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Crazy Conservatives - self absorbed Crazy Liberals - self righteous </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 07/26/22 7:13:50 PM #12:	PrettyBoyFloyd posted... Crazy Conservatives - self absorbed Crazy Liberals - self righteous Those are also interchangeable, but I do get what you're saying. It's more their thing than the other. Most people who fight blindly for a political party are both self absorbed and self righteous. --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:966857643] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>PrettyBoyFloyd posted... </cite> <quote>Crazy Conservatives - self absorbed Crazy Liberals - self righteous</quote> Those are also interchangeable, but I do get what you're saying. It's more their thing than the other. Most people who fight blindly for a political party are both self absorbed and self righteous. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedeaLysistrata 07/26/22 7:14:32 PM #13:	Lost_All_Senses posted... What's the difference between an online centrist and not online one iyo? How much they like comedy clearly --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:966857662] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Lost_All_Senses posted... </cite> <quote>What's the difference between an online centrist and not online one iyo?</quote>How much they like comedy clearly </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 07/26/22 7:42:58 PM #14:	PrettyBoyFloyd posted... Crazy Conservatives - self absorbed Crazy Liberals - self righteous They're both those --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:966858274] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>PrettyBoyFloyd posted... </cite> <quote>Crazy Conservatives - self absorbed Crazy Liberals - self righteous</quote>They're both those </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 07/26/22 7:50:49 PM #15:	The worst of internet liberals are like, "All cops are bastards, all soldiers are cowards, all Republicans are Nazis -- especially Grandma." The worst of internet conservatives are like, [the most racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic vitriol imaginable]. Internet conservatives can easily be ten times worse. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:966858450] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>The worst of internet liberals are like, "All cops are bastards, all soldiers are cowards, all Republicans are Nazis -- especially Grandma." The worst of internet conservatives are like, [the most racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic vitriol imaginable]. Internet conservatives can easily be ten times worse. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Onimusha 07/26/22 7:53:55 PM #16:	Theyre both awful. Especially on this site. --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>Onimusha posted [p:966858501] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Theyre both awful. Especially on this site. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 07/26/22 8:00:09 PM #17:	Head to conservative spaces like r/conservative first then ask this question. At least with liberals you can have a conversation. With conservatives it's just regurgitated talking points and conspiracies. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:966858646] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Head to conservative spaces like r/conservative first then ask this question. At least with liberals you can have a conversation. With conservatives it's just regurgitated talking points and conspiracies. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hoodroar 07/26/22 8:03:42 PM #18:	A_Good_Boy posted... Head to conservative spaces like r/conservative first then ask this question. At least with liberals you can have a conversation. With conservatives it's just regurgitated talking points and conspiracies. I only feel fair judging interactions on neutral ground, since one can easily choose to avoid known cesspools/echo chambers. The point of an "annoyance" is that it's something you can't avoid. >_> --- sigless user logic <cite>Hoodroar posted [p:966858717] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>A_Good_Boy posted...</cite> <quote>Head to conservative spaces like r/conservative first then ask this question. At least with liberals you can have a conversation. With conservatives it's just regurgitated talking points and conspiracies. </quote> I only feel fair judging interactions on neutral ground, since one can easily choose to avoid known cesspools/echo chambers. The point of an "annoyance" is that it's something you can't avoid. >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 07/26/22 8:05:45 PM #19:	Hoodroar posted... I only feel fair judging interactions on neutral ground, since one can easily choose to avoid known cesspools/echo chambers. The point of an "annoyance" is that it's something you can't avoid. >_> Well as far as CE goes then I guess by default the liberals are the most annoying, and only because the conservative posters keep on getting banned so you're not forced to interact with them much at all for too long. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:966858762] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Hoodroar posted... </cite> <quote>I only feel fair judging interactions on neutral ground, since one can easily choose to avoid known cesspools/echo chambers. The point of an "annoyance" is that it's something you can't avoid. >_></quote>Well as far as CE goes then I guess by default the liberals are the most annoying, and only because the conservative posters keep on getting banned so you're not forced to interact with them much at all for too long. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 07/26/22 9:41:20 PM #20:	A_Good_Boy posted... At least with liberals you can have a conversation. XD --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:966860820] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>A_Good_Boy posted... </cite> <quote>At least with liberals you can have a conversation.</quote> XD </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prodrivertn 07/26/22 9:45:49 PM #21:	Irony posted... Internet conservatives at least until their inevitable ban Yeah, that happens to me sometimes. Better I don't post anything, DOH! <cite>Prodrivertn posted [p:966860937] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Irony posted... </cite> <quote>Internet conservatives at least until their inevitable ban</quote>Yeah, that happens to me sometimes. Better I don't post anything, DOH! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GrandConjuraton 07/26/22 9:46:30 PM #22:	SSJPurple posted... Repubs/Conservatives are more annoying in general regardless of where we are talking --- Crown of creation, creation of shame. https://imgur.com/o21DN7r <cite>GrandConjuraton posted [p:966860957] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>SSJPurple posted... </cite> <quote>Repubs/Conservatives are more annoying in general regardless of where we are talking</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gatorsPENSbucs 07/26/22 9:52:09 PM #23:	Yes --- https://imgur.com/ZFt3WwT http://error1355.com/ce/gatorsPENSbucs.html https://i.imgur.com/pqMQZyw.gif <cite>gatorsPENSbucs posted [p:966861059] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Yes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedeaLysistrata 07/26/22 9:57:55 PM #24:	Why are internet conservatives so friendly and internet liberals so harsh? Very broad generalization but does anyone agree? --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:966861188] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Why are internet conservatives so friendly and internet liberals so harsh? Very broad generalization but does anyone agree? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ANameWithSpaces 07/26/22 10:06:34 PM #25:	People of any viewpoint who think that only their thoughts are allowed in discussion. <cite>ANameWithSpaces posted [p:966861384] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>People of any viewpoint who think that only their thoughts are allowed in discussion. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gunplagirl 07/26/22 10:08:26 PM #26:	Conservatives because they're blatantly evil and not nearly as fun to mock as liberals https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/4/6/AAc53qAADf0K.jpg --- tfw no big tiddy goth vampire gf who lactates blood - viewmaster_pi <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:966861430] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Conservatives because they're blatantly evil and not nearly as fun to mock as liberals https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/4/6/AAc53qAADf0K.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Evening_Dragon 07/26/22 10:09:50 PM #27:	AloneIBreak posted... On the internet? The liberals, "leftists," progressives, etc. are more annoying even though their ideas are significantly better than the conservatives in virtually all cases. Both sides have terrible memes, but feel otherwise. Exactly how I feel. Conservatives are outright destructive, but the other end is rebel. --- https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ Guide, it's Guide, it's that Guide <cite>Evening_Dragon posted [p:966861450] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>AloneIBreak posted... </cite> <quote>On the internet? The liberals, "leftists," progressives, etc. are more annoying even though their ideas are significantly better than the conservatives in virtually all cases. Both sides have terrible memes, but feel otherwise.</quote> Exactly how I feel. Conservatives are outright destructive, but the other end is rebel. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 07/26/22 10:19:20 PM #28:	MedeaLysistrata posted... Why are internet conservatives so friendly and internet liberals so harsh? Very broad generalization but does anyone agree? That's not how it is here. There's chill people on either side but most chill people here don't pick a political party to manipulate them. The conservatives here play nice sometimes, but they make underhanded comments to stir shit up so that they can then look like the calmer ones when they pretend that wasn't their intention. To me, that's way more cowardly than yelling at someone. Which is what most the democratic people here do. --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:966861640] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>MedeaLysistrata posted... </cite> <quote>Why are internet conservatives so friendly and internet liberals so harsh? Very broad generalization but does anyone agree?</quote> That's not how it is here. There's chill people on either side but most chill people here don't pick a political party to manipulate them. The conservatives here play nice sometimes, but they make underhanded comments to stir shit up so that they can then look like the calmer ones when they pretend that wasn't their intention. To me, that's way more cowardly than yelling at someone. Which is what most the democratic people here do. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Joelypoely 07/26/22 10:21:13 PM #29:	People who make everything about politics --- https://philoetryblog.wordpress.com/ <cite>Joelypoely posted [p:966861684] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>People who make everything about politics</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ellis123 07/26/22 10:21:15 PM #30:	Lost_All_Senses posted... The conservatives here play nice keep making new accounts after their previous one got nuked and play nice for a week to not lose the new one. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. <cite>ellis123 posted [p:966861686] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Lost_All_Senses posted... </cite> <quote>The conservatives here play nice</quote>keep making new accounts after their previous one got nuked and play nice for a week to not lose the new one. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ANameWithSpaces 07/26/22 10:21:18 PM #31:	This is also known as civics. <cite>ANameWithSpaces posted [p:966861687] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>This is also known as civics. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ultimate_reaver 07/26/22 10:22:26 PM #32:	internet liberals suck ass, but conservatives are way more aggressive and drag every community they worm into down around them --- I pray god will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in truth <cite>ultimate_reaver posted [p:966861713] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>internet liberals suck ass, but conservatives are way more aggressive and drag every community they worm into down around them </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 07/26/22 10:23:29 PM #33:	ellis123 posted... keep making new accounts after their previous one got nuked and play nice for a week to not lose the new one. Ah. Got me before the edit added "sometimes" lol. But yeah, those ones definitely exist and are obnoxious too --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:966861740] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>ellis123 posted... </cite> <quote>keep making new accounts after their previous one got nuked and play nice for a week to not lose the new one.</quote> Ah. Got me before the edit added "sometimes" lol. But yeah, those ones definitely exist and are obnoxious too </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Evening_Dragon 07/26/22 10:32:58 PM #34:	MedeaLysistrata posted... Why are internet conservatives so friendly and internet liberals so harsh? Very broad generalization but does anyone agree? Might be oversimplifying, but it's tied to the tribalism thing, from what I've read. You pass the filters of our bigotry, you must be good. --- https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ Guide, it's Guide, it's that Guide <cite>Evening_Dragon posted [p:966861930] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>MedeaLysistrata posted... </cite> <quote>Why are internet conservatives so friendly and internet liberals so harsh? Very broad generalization but does anyone agree?</quote> Might be oversimplifying, but it's tied to the tribalism thing, from what I've read. You pass the filters of our bigotry, you must be good. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
StickFigures720 07/27/22 3:22:47 AM #35:	Well, if there's one thing they both have in common, they have a seriously hard time stepping outside of their comfort zones. <cite>StickFigures720 posted [p:966865398] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Well, if there's one thing they both have in common, they have a seriously hard time stepping outside of their comfort zones. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 07/27/22 3:31:19 AM #36:	The internet ruins everything, I think its pretty balanced. --- Eradicate but vindicate as "progress" creeps along. Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge, as Old Glory maintains your consciousness. <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:966865472] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>The internet ruins everything, I think its pretty balanced. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 07/27/22 3:31:52 AM #37:	One side usually has no idea of what they're talking about. The other usually has no idea of what they're talking about, and are also racist. The enlightened centrist knows all :V --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:966865479] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>One side usually has no idea of what they're talking about. The other usually has no idea of what they're talking about, and are also racist. The enlightened centrist knows all :V </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GGuirao13 07/27/22 4:35:56 AM #38:	Definitely conservatives. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>GGuirao13 posted [p:966865988] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Definitely conservatives. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Naysaspace 07/27/22 4:37:52 AM #39:	internet liberals are worse on the internet internet conservatives are WAY worse when they spout off in real life <cite>Naysaspace posted [p:966866004] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>internet liberals are worse on the internet internet conservatives are WAY worse when they spout off in real life </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nexigrams 07/27/22 4:41:06 AM #40:	You ever notice how everything about politics is all about pitting two groups of regular ass people against eachother? Who's more annoying guys, the poor people who wear blue tshirts, or the poor people who wear red ones? They're just soooo different from eachother! The corporate elite are more annoying. --- http://imgur.com/SYiqIRC <cite>nexigrams posted [p:966866042] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>You ever notice how everything about politics is all about pitting two groups of regular ass people against eachother? Who's more annoying guys, the poor people who wear blue tshirts, or the poor people who wear red ones? They're just soooo different from eachother! The corporate elite are more annoying. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumble 07/27/22 4:43:09 AM #41:	Right now, conservatives, though this tends to change every couple of years. And that's in no way saying the opposite side at any given time is not bad, just that the other is worse. --- Let's make some Trumble. http://error1355.com/ce/Trumble.html <cite>Trumble posted [p:966866062] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>Right now, conservatives, though this tends to change every couple of years. And that's in no way saying the opposite side at any given time is not bad, just that the other is worse. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedeaLysistrata 07/27/22 8:12:43 AM #42:	nexigrams posted... You ever notice how everything about politics is all about pitting two groups of regular ass people against eachother? Who's more annoying guys, the poor people who wear blue tshirts, or the poor people who wear red ones? They're just soooo different from eachother! The corporate elite are more annoying. Here's a more fun question: describe your dream member of your opposite poli party, or at least rough opposition if you live in a multi party country --- "As usual, the zero rating will be reserved for Trump." <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:966867977] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>nexigrams posted... </cite> <quote>You ever notice how everything about politics is all about pitting two groups of regular ass people against eachother? Who's more annoying guys, the poor people who wear blue tshirts, or the poor people who wear red ones? They're just soooo different from eachother! The corporate elite are more annoying.</quote>Here's a more fun question: describe your dream member of your opposite poli party, or at least rough opposition if you live in a multi party country </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 07/27/22 8:30:57 AM #43:	to me, its one of those "they both suck except one sucks way harder than the other" situations. and obviously its conservatives who take the lead at sucking the most. cause regardless how annoying liberals can be, at least they're not trying to regress humanity all the way back to the dark ages or something... lol <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:966868228] in Who is mor... [t:80107767]...</cite> <quote>to me, its one of those "they both suck except one sucks way harder than the other" situations. and obviously its conservatives who take the lead at sucking the most. cause regardless how annoying liberals can be, at least they're not trying to regress humanity all the way back to the dark ages or something... lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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